General Guidelines

All of our peer-reviewed journals are bi-annual (Fall and Spring).  There are no deadlines for submissions. We do not accept letters of inquiry, abstracts or topic proposals.  Please submit your finished work for peer review.  SJI allows and encourages authors to deposit their post-prints in open-access archives or repositories. The primary benefit of post-print self-archiving is reaching a larger audience which enhances the visibility and impact of research.

SJI employs a quadruple-blind review system, where the authors, referees and editors remain anonymous throughout the peer-review process. Each submission is reviewed by three to seven peer reviewers with final decisions reported to the author, usually within four weeks.  This is possible because SJI has a growing review board with more than 3,000 active reviewers. When the majority of reviewers recommend publication of a paper, and one reviewer recommends rejection, SJI will seek additional reviewers' opinion to make the final decision.

The length of an article for a standard journal can be up to 50 pages long including tables, graphs, diagrams, photographs and equations.  The length of an article for a micro journal can be five to ten pages long.

If your paper is accepted for publication, you will be asked to submit the License to Publish agreement along with a processing fee.  Each journal may have a different processing fee.  Please go to the Specific Guidelines for each journal (listed below). Why is the processing fee necessary? Please read the section below titled Why We Charge a Processing Fee.  Unlike some traditional and online journals, we do not charge a submission fee for reviewing a manuscript for publication consideration.

Your manuscript must be polished to high professional standards. Extremely poor quality work with numerous grammatical errors will not be sent out for peer reviews. We strongly recommend that you have your manuscript edited by an experienced author or a professional editor with experience in your area of research before submission to SJI. 

There are many online professional editing services that maintain rapid electronic submission and turn-around times.  To help the authors, we have compiled a list of online services as examples.  Please note that SJI has no affiliation with any of these companies, and that SJI makes no endorsement of the same. An author's use of such services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted by SJI.  Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and such a company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.

 

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Specific Guidelines


Agriculture, Environmental and Allied Sciences

Journal of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Journal of Ecology, Ecosystems and Ecophysiology

Journal of Forestry, Horticulture, and Soil Science

Journal of Fisheries, Poultry and Wildlife Sciences

Journal of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science

Journal of Environmental Science, Policy and Planning


Engineering, Computer Science and Architecture

Journal of Engineering, Computing and Architecture

Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering

Journal of Biomechanics, Biomedical and Biophysical Engineering

Journal of Chemical, Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Journal of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Journal of Computer Science, Informatics and Electrical Engineering

Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Journal of Petroleum and Geosystems Science and Engineering


Business and Allied Fields

Journal of Business & Public Affairs

Journal of Economics, Banking and Finance

Journal of Management and Management Information System

Journal of Accounting, Taxation and Performance Evaluation

Journal of Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing

Journal of Leadership, Management & Organizational Studies

Journal of Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Leadership

Journal of Tourism, Travel and Hospitality


Education, Humanities and Social Sciences

Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences

Journal of Education & Human Development

Journal of Creative Work

Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics

Journal of Sports & Recreation Research and Education

Journal of Law, Ethics and Intellectual Property

Journal of Multicultural, Gender and Minority Studies

Journal of International and Cross-Cultural Studies

Journal of Library, Information Science and Information Media

Journal of Biography & Autobiography

Journal of Current Events & Issues

Journal of Diplomacy & Diplomatic Leadership

Journal of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies

Journal of Folklore and Folkloristics

Journal of Archeology, History and Anthropology

Journal of Interpersonal, Intercultural and Mass Communication

Journal of Public Affairs, Administration and Management

Journal of Sociology, Social Work and Social Welfare

Journal of Music Theory, Practice and Education

Journal of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Journal of Geography and Geospatial Information Science

Journal of Political Science, Government and Politics

Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research and Education

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research and Education


Medicine, Psychiatry, Biology, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing

Journal of Medical & Biological Sciences

Journal of Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Dental Education

Journal of Nursing, Allied Health and Health Education

Journal of Psychiatry, Psychology and Mental Health

Journal of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Journal of Biology, Biological Systems and Bioinformatics

Journal of Veterinary and Zoological Research and Education


Mathematics, Physical and Natural Sciences

Journal of Physical and Natural Sciences

Journal of Mathematics, Statistics and Allied Fields

Journal of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences

Journal of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Journal of Physics, Astrophysics and Physical Cosmology

Journal of Geology, Geophysics and Geosystems
 

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary

Journal of Dissertations

Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research

Journal of Research Methods and Methodological Issues

Journal of Unconventional Theories and Research

Journal of Innovation, Research and Development

Journal of Conference Proceedings

Journal of Patents & Trademarks

Journal of Electronic Books

Journal of Encyclopedia

Journal of Reviews
 

Micro Journal of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies

Micro Journal of Folklore and Folkloristics

Micro Journal of Archeology, History and Anthropology

Micro Journal of Interpersonal, Intercultural and Mass Communication

Micro Journal of Public Affairs, Administration and Management

Micro Journal of Sociology, Social Work and Social Welfare

Micro Journal of Music Theory, Practice and Education

Micro Journal of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Micro Journal of Economics, Banking and Finance

Micro Journal of Geography and Geospatial Information Science

Micro Journal of Political Science, Government and Politics

Micro Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research and Education

Micro Journal of Speech and Hearing Research and Education

Micro Journal of Management and Management Information System

Micro Journal of Accounting, Taxation and Performance Evaluation

Micro Journal of Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing

Micro Journal of Veterinary and Zoological Research and Education

Micro Journal of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences

Micro Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering

Micro Journal of Biomechanics, Biomedical and Biophysical Engineering

Micro Journal of Chemical, Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Micro Journal of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Micro Journal of Computer Science, Informatics and Electrical Engineering

Micro Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Micro Journal of Petroleum and Geosystems Science and Engineering

Micro Journal of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Micro Journal of Physics, Astrophysics and Physical Cosmology

Micro Journal of Geology, Geophysics and Geosystems

Micro Journal of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Micro Journal of Biology, Biological Systems and Bioinformatics

Micro Journal of Ecology, Ecosystems and Ecophysiology

Micro Journal of Forestry, Horticulture and Soil Science

Micro Journal of Fisheries, Poultry and Wildlife Sciences

Micro Journal of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science

Micro Journal of Environmental Science, Policy and Planning


If you wish to suggest that we launch a new journal in a particular field that is not covered by our existing journals, please send us an email. 
 

Why we charge a processing fee

Like other open-access journals, we do not charge subscription fees to readers or libraries.  We cover the costs partially through article processing fees. Please read the section on The Open-Access Movement in our home page.

Our expenses are split among editorial costs, electronic composition and production, journal information system, manuscript management system, electronic archiving, overhead expenses, and administrative costs. Moreover, we must cover the costs of publishing the accepted article plus the cost of reviewing the number of articles the journals reject for each accepted article. 

The experience of SJI and other open-access journals clearly indicates that researchers and their host institutions and funding agencies are willing to pay reasonable and affordable article processing fees for the sake of faster and fairer access and greater exposure of their work.

The processing fees of SJI are significantly lower than those of other major open access journals.  For example, Biomed Central now charges $1,700-$1,900 per article while PLoS charges $2,100-$2,750 per article (learn more).

For large publishers, such high processing fees may be necessary to cover the costs, unless they can generate revenues from additional sources.  According to Wellcome Trust studies, an article production cost in the subscription model is estimated to be $2,750. The equivalent cost under the article processing fee model is estimated to be $1,950 (learn more).

However, SJI is a small publisher that operates using a lean publishing model,  and therefore is able to maintain a very low processing fee. Moreover, unlike some traditional and online journals, we do not charge a submission fee for reviewing a manuscript for publication consideration.

According to surveys carried out by BioMed Central, many funding agencies are willing to fund article processing fees (learn more).


The following is a partial list.

National Institutes of Health (US)
National Science Foundation (US)
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada)
Rockefeller Foundation (US)
Wellcome Trust (UK)
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (US)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (Denmark)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
FAPESP (Brazil)
Fondazione Telethon (Italy)
Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria)
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium)
Health Research Board (Ireland)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Indian Council of Medical Research (India)
INSERM (France)
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (International)
Israel Science Foundation (Israel)
Max Planck Society (Germany)
Medical Research Council (UK)
National Health Service (UK)
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands)
South African Medical Research Council (South Africa)
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (Sweden)
Swedish Research Council (Sweden)
Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Academy of Finland (Finland)
BIOTEC (Thailand)